“Tootsie,” the 1982 beloved classic starring Dustin Hoffman as a struggling actor who becomes America’s favorite soap opera diva, has been named the best film of all time in a new Time Out New York poll. The magazine has put out their list of the top 100 best films, and they declared “Tootsie” to be the best film ever made. “We had a tall request, ranking the best movies of all time, and it was an honor receiving the input of so many esteemed actors—many of whom have classics on their own resumes,” said Joshua Rothkopf, the film editor for Time Out New York. “I’m thrilled with the way this [ Read More ]

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Tootsie is the greatest film ever made. Or at least that’s what a group of actors apparently believe.

A poll of 73 stars, including Juliette Binoche, Cillian Murphy, Brie Larson and Andy Serkis, placed the 1982 comedy at the top of a new list, assembled by Time Out New York. The film, which stars Dustin Hoffman as an actor who dresses up as a woman to get a role, is an unlikely winner, towering over The Godfather in second place and The Godfather Part II at No 6.

Academy Award-winning actor Dustin Hoffman may be 77-years-old, but that doesn.t mean he.s slowing down, or that he doesn.t have opinions on the current state of cinema. Always busy, the Tootsie star recently shared his view on the movie landscape, and it is blunt and none too rosy.
Sitting down to talk to The Independent, the elder statesman of the industry assessed his chosen field, comparing the world of movies and television. In his view, one is clearly doing better work than the other. He said:
I think right now television is the best that it.s ever been and I think that it.s the worst that film has ever been . in the 50 years that I.ve been doing it, it.s the worst. . It.s hard to believe you can do good work for the little amount of money these days. We did The Graduate
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Use the downtime between shifts at your survival job to look for some new audition opportunities! Here are eight projects seeking actors located all over the country!
“Hurricane Bianca”Creators are casting eight supporting roles and background actors for an independent film shooting July 13–Aug. 3 out of Fort Worth, Texas. “Hurricane Bianca” centers on a New York teacher who relocates to Texas and is fired for his homosexuality. He decides to dress up a lá Dustin Hoffman in “Tootsie” to exact revenge. Some pay, meals, plus film credit and digital copy for your reel will be provided. Auditions are June 27 in Dallas.
“New York Underground Kings”The writer-producer for this drama Web series is seeking supporting actors from Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, N.Y., for a summertime shoot, beginning in June and taking place over the weekend. Actors needed include a petite female actor willing to play a junkie,
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Dustin Hoffman is one of the best actors Hollywood has ever known. He’s a veteran of the stage and screen, and he knows his craft. More importantly, he knows how to practically employ that craft. You may not be able to work with him personally, but you can get the next best thing.
Masterclass is an online service that has experts teaching courses online, and they have Hoffman providing 24 video lessons to students for only $90. The lessons include “Staying in the Moment”, “Being Present”, “Auditions”, and more. Obviously, this is a very different experience than being in a workshop with other actors, but there’s still plenty of wisdom to be gleaned from someone like Hoffman. It’s also a fascinating look at his thought process and what he’s come to believe over the years.
Click here to learn more. Pretending like you’re in the opening credits
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The 1994 film Blue Sky is something of an anomaly from the mid-90s. Filmed in 1991, it would be the last film feature of British auteur Tony Richardson’s career, who had been working in television for several years prior, ever since his coolly received 1984 adaptation of John Irvine’s The Hotel New Hampshire. Then, due to the bankruptcy of Orion Pictures, the film’s distributor, the final product was shelved for three years, at long last released in the autumn of 1994, going on to snag actress Jessica Lange her second Academy Award. Now, twenty years later, it’s a prestige that would seem near impossible to attain for a feature treated to the same fate in today’s market. This distinction potentially sets the film up for failure, which perhaps explains the lack of continued enthusiasm surrounding it.

All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Click here for a complete list of our essays.
1982 is the Best Movie Year Ever. How do I know this? Well, it's not just that it contains an absolutely perfect comedy with the name "My Favorite Year." It's that it contains so many different movies that you could consider the best ever of their particular type.
In "E.T.," it has the best kids movie ever (and perhaps Steven Spielberg's best movie ever, depending on your preferred flavor of Spielberg). In "Tootsie," it has perhaps the best movie comedy ever (the AFI ranked "Some Like It Hot" one spot higher in its top 100 comedies list, but since this year also has "Victor/Victoria," I say you combine the two gender-benders to outmuscle Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis). In "Diner," it has the
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Long before two-time Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman decided to become an actor he dreamed of a career as a classical pianist. Now, at age 77, Hoffman gets the chance to indulge his passion as Boychoir’s inscrutable Master Carvelle.

“I wanted to be a musician but I was never talented enough,” says Hoffman during an interview at the Toronto International Film Festival. Initially, he studied music at Santa Monica College before making the switch to acting.

“I have small hands so I can’t reach much more than an octave,” he says with his fingers stretched over an imaginary keyboard. “And, I think you have to have one of two qualifications; you have to have a really good ear or be a good sight-reader, and I’m neither.”

A review of tonight's "The Americans" — which FX renewed for a fourth season yesterday — coming up just as soon as I'm trying to turn you into a travel agent...
"You're... spies?" -Paige
About the only negative thing I can say about "Stingers" is that I wish there had been more of it — or, at least, more of the Paige storyline, and perhaps less of the season's many other plots. Whether that would have meant devoting the whole episode to that conversation and its aftermath, or simply not cutting away to other subplots once her parents spilled the Soviet beans, I think an incredibly powerful episode would have felt even stronger if we weren't cutting away to Stan at the office, or Arkady and Tatiana discussing what's going on with Zinaida (who is confirmed as a double agent early in the episode). Fields and Weisberg (who get script credit for one
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A casting director could do worse than what's been assembled for "Boychoir."
The film, from director François Girard ("The Red Violin"), stars Kathy Bates, Debra Winger, Eddie Izzard and, in what looks to be his best role in years, Dustin Hoffman. It centers on a rebellious, extremely talented 11-year-old (newcomer Garrett Wareing), who is taken under the wing of a demanding vocal teacher (Dustin Hoffman) at one of the most prestigious music academies in the country, as they prepare for the National Championship.
If you think that sounds akin to a certain Oscar winner from last year, wait until you get a look of Hoffman in the official trailer (posted above): Seething, demanding and frequenter of "inspirational" lines like, "Quitting is all you know," Hoffman appears to be tapping into the same,
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The comic's 27-Hour Comedy Marathon will take place at the Pleasance Theatre in London and will be streamed simultaneously on YouTube.

He said: "It's going to be quite a night. And day. And another night. But alongside all of this, the show is about money (for Comic Relief of course. Apparently I don't get paid – I know, unbelievable).

"So I'm asking the public to join my fundraising team by doing their own ridiculous challenge. Who will take on some sort of epic, self-imposed challenge just like me?"

This might not be the best of Nicholas Sparks's oeuvre of weepy romantic dramas, but at least it's not the most insane! (That honor probably goes to "Safe Haven," for the record.) In any case, this story about true love lost and found stars Cyclops from "X-Men" and Michelle Monaghan. If you love Nicholas Sparks, you love him, and nothing anyone else says will change that. Which is sort of admirable, really. Extend your love Sparks with this exclusive featurette.

Tired of Top Ten lists and best-of polls? Too bad! Some of the best and most anticipated have hit the internet in the past week, including Senses of Cinema's epic World Poll featuring countless contributors the world over including myself and our own Daniel Kasman.
Reverse Shot has published their Best of 2014 featuring eloquent annotations from various contributors. Meanwhile, Movie Mezzanine does the same but with a Top 50.
On the latest episode of The Cinephiliacs, Peter Labuza and Keith Uhlich discuss their favorites of the year.
The latest issue of Film Comment is on shelves now and you can find some of the articles online now.
The National Society of Film Critics selected Jean-Luc Godard's Adieu au langage as their Best Picture. Jason Bailey writes on the controversial choice for Flavorwire.

The 72nd Golden Globe Awards are just days away! With over 30 years of coverage under our belt, we're taking a trip down memory lane back to 1983 -- Et's very first time on the carpet with the winners we still love today.

A frontrunner that night was Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, but the scene stealer on the carpet was the adorable 7-year-old Drew Barrymore who loved getting decked out for the big show.

"I think they're very fun!" Barrymore said of awards shows. "I like to get dressed up for them."

Watch: All You Need to Know About the Golden Globes

Dustin Hoffman was another winner that evening, taking home the Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for his performance in Tootsie.

"I guess the one thing that’s nice about [awards shows] -- is that the people can get up and thank the people that worked on the various projects that aren't in the
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